“I believe this is still the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth,” Jeb Bush said at the beginning of Wednesday night’s debate. “And it troubles me that people are rewarded for tearing down our country … I can’t do it. I just don’t believe that this country’s days are going to be deeply — you know, going down. I think we’re on the verge of the greatest time, and I want to fix the things to let people rise up.”